The financial impact of David Moyes’s calamitous ten-month reign as Manchester
United manager was laid bare yesterday, with the club counting the £50
million cost of failure.

It emerged that missing out on next season’s Champions League will result in
revenue losses of about £35 million for United. By finishing seventh in the
Barclays Premier League, they were an additional £8.4 million worse off in
terms of broadcasting revenue and prize money than if Moyes had mirrored the
success of Sir Alex Ferguson’s final season in charge by winning the title.